Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchThe derailment occurred shortly after 2 a.m. on a curve on the Norfolk Southern track just west of Fields Avenue and south of E. 11th Avenue.Request to buy this photo

Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchPolice have closed E. 11th Avenue between N. 4th Street and Interstate 71. Other streets in that neighborhood between E. 5th and E. 11th avenues are also closed.Request to buy this photo

WBNS 10TVResidents watch from a mile away as flames leap in the air after a train derailed in north Columbus.Request to buy this photo

WBNS 10TVThis aerial photograph shows a derailed freight train on Wednesday July 11, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. Part of the freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews monitored the blaze.Request to buy this photo

Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchThe National Transportation Safety Board blamed a broken rail for the October 2007 derailment of a CSX Transportation train near Painesville in Lake County. Seven ethanol tankers caught fire, causing an estimated $1.4 million in property damage and prompting a $7 million environmental cleanup.Request to buy this photo

Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchCrews start cleaning up the derailed freight train just south of the Ohio State Fairgrounds on Wednesday July 12, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.Request to buy this photo

Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchCrews start cleaning up the derailed freight train just south of the Ohio State Fairgrounds on Wednesday July 12, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.Request to buy this photo

Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchCrews start cleaning up the derailed freight train just south of the Ohio State Fairgrounds on Wednesday July 12, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.Request to buy this photo

Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchCrews start cleaning up the derailed freight train just south of the Ohio State Fairgrounds on Wednesday July 12, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.Request to buy this photo

Chris Russell | DispatchWork continued on efforts to clear the tracks and rebuild them after a 16 car derailment just south of the Ohio Expo Center. This was photographed on July 12, 2012.Request to buy this photo